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Congratulations to the students who were confirmed last Tuesday. We offer our thanks to their parents, sponsors, and catechists, who prepared them for the gift of the Holy Spirit, and to Msgr. Thomas Gervasio, who conferred the sacrament! Click the article title for more information.

Congratulations and Welcome, Gabriela and Samantha!

Please keep in prayer the young boys and girls who are preparing to receive their First Holy Communion. On Saturday, March 27, they will participate in a retreat. It will be a morning of prayer and reflection together with their parents on the gift and mystery of the Lord’s Body and Blood.

Parents, remember when you registered here? Maybe your children went to our parish school before attending high school and college. Now they're out on their own, and you have an empty nest—but we still have them on your record. If they're still living in this area, please remind them to visit the parish office (or visit the parish Website) to register on their own. This can facilitate their obtaining a letter needed should a relative or friend ask them to stand as a godparent or confirmation sponsor.

We recently celebrated the Rite of Election for Gabriele Nieves, a catechumen preparing to receive the sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil. This rite marks the beginning of the period of final, more intense, preparation for Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Eucharist.

All married couples and their families are invited to take part in our Parish Flash Mob for Marriage! Click the article title for details on how to participate, and when.

For a truly meaningful New Year’s Resolution, one that lasts long after the Champagne has lost its fizz, why not resolve to treat each other to a Marriage Encounter Experience? A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Experience gives you the time and tools to revitalize romance, deepen communication, and nourish the spirituality in your marriage. Join us from the comfort of your home via Zoom for eight evening sessions presented on Sunday & Wednesday evenings from April 11-May 5, 2021. For contact information, click the article title.

If you or someone you know is planning for Baptism, you'll find all the necessary information on the Baptism page. The Baptism Primer page is also an excellent resource, providing all the relevant information in one place. Click the article title for links directly to these pages.

RCIA Candidates will be received into the Church on Sunday October 11, at St. Anthony's at the 9:30 AM Mass. Catholics completing their Sacraments will also receive their First Holy Communion and Confirmation at the same ceremony. Click the article title for more information.

Our parish family extends warm and prayerful congratulations to all our First Communicants, along with special thanks to our priests, deacons, music ministry, and religious education staff, catechists, and volunteers, who helped prepare the children and this celebration!

Interested in becoming Catholic? Want to learn more about the Catholic Faith? Need to complete your Sacraments? RCIA is now meeting weekly virtually. Click the article title for contact information.

Confessions will no longer be heard on weekday evenings at OLS. Instead, they will be heard outside the north entrances of OLS Church after the 9 AM Saturday Mass and from 2:45 – 3:30 PM on Saturday.

The parish family of Our Lady of Sorrows-Saint Anthony congratulates and extends its prayerful best wishes for a long and happy marriage to the couples who were wed in the first half of 2020.

We are especially looking forward to various sacramental celebrations—the Reception in the Church of our RCIA candidates, the celebrations of First Holy Communion and Confirmation—that have been postponed. We thank all involved for their understanding.

Sunday, February 9, is World Marriage Day, a day that honors husbands and wives for their commitment, faithfulness, sacrifice, and joy in living their daily lives as a married couple. Click the article title for more information.

To find out about the requirements for Baptism, please see the Baptism page, under Worship & Liturgy > Sacraments.

The parish family of Our Lady of Sorrows-Saint Anthony congratulates and extends its prayerful best wishes for a long and happy marriage to the couples who were wed in the second half of 2019. Click the article title for a list of names.

Our staff is preparing our annual parish report that will include a financial accounting for Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2019; sacramental and census statistics for 2019; as well as expanded information on our parish school operations. Keep your eye on the parish website and future bulletins for this information.

At our 11 am Mass this Sunday (December 1), our parish will formally and prayerfully welcome into the RCIA process those who wish to fully embrace the Catholic faith. Let us remember them in our prayers as they continue their journey to that sacred encounter. Click the article title to see the list of candidates.

Please pray especially this week, during our Called by Name campaign, for vocations to the priesthood. Click the article title for a prayer for priestly vocations from St. John Paul II.